The arduous process of hammering out the 2012-2013 city budget has already begun for the city. I imagine it started months ago. And according to the story in today’s Express-News, certain aspects were years in the making. In two weeks, the public input phase of the process begins. Here, I’ve listed the public meetings. Read […]
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A clangor of ‘bots at last year’s San Japan. The crazy has landed. And by the crazy, I mean the hundreds of people already at San Japan: Mach 5 at the Convention Center. Doors opened at 9 a.m. today. I got there at 10 a.m. to grab press credentials and the place already was packed […]
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The 2012-2013 Broadway in San Antonio series at the Majestic Theater is near with “Catch Me If You Can” scheduled for Oct. 23-28. And the theater needs ushers. Folks who might be interested in volunteering need to attend one of the following training sessions at the Majestic: • 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 • 6:30 p.m. […]
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Latest B-cycle kiosks is located near the Weston Centre. COURTESY B-CYCLE You may have caught a whiff of this on the Facebook, but San Antonio B-cycle has added two stations: near the Weston Center at Main and Pecan streets and at Roosevelt Park, 42 Mission Road. The Weston Centre station was funded through a private […]
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Citizens attend a City Council meeting in February. KIN MAN HUI / EXPRESS-NEWS A version of this column appeared in the Express-News on Aug. 3, 2012. Vidorra condos resident Lola Desmond said it best when she addressed the City Council on Thursday: “I don’t think many of our citizens realize what a wonderful and magnificent […]
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Plaza de Artes — the 7 acres of land at Alamo Street and Chavez Boulevard inside HemisFair Park — is the working name for the first significant piece of redevelopment there, according to Andres Andujar, CEO of the HemisFair Park Area Redevelopment Corp. “We envision a play environment within a landscaped public park that includes […]
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VIA Metropolitan Transit is holding its final meeting regarding Phase 2 of the Westside Multimodal Transit Center on the near West Side. Results of an environmental study for transit center’s second phase — a 2.1-acre piece of land bounded by West Houston, North Medina, North Frio and West Travis streets — will be shared. The […]
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Artpace San Antonio has extended the deadline for artists who want to participate in Chalk It Up to Friday. Interested parties should submit three digital images and a brief statement describing their work to Lindsey Smith, assistant curator of education, at lsmith@artpace.org. Chalk It Up is scheduled for Oct. 13 on Houston Street. It is […]
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